Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Early Box of 2013 Golden Age Baseball
Panini America's 2013 Golden Age Baseball is set to go live in hobby shops across North America on Wednesday, which means we're now mere hours away from one of the most eclectic, entertaining, vast, varied and value-delivered baseball releases of the season. 2013 Golden Age Baseball picks up where last year's maiden voyage left off, with more Three Stooges, the…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013 Golden Age Baseball (121 Sweet Pics)
The great thing about a product like Panini America's 2013 Golden Age Baseball is, well, everything. Delivering easily one of the most eclectic and enjoyable card-collecting experiences since last year's Golden Age, the polished sequel picks up where that one left off with one of the most diverse checklists imaginable. From Bob Hope and Bo Derek to "The Bad News…
At Long Last: Revisiting the Panini America Routing Table and its Golden Age Glimpses
Here's one sure sign that it's been way too long since we last visited the fabled Panini America Routing Table: It's not even a table anymore. It's been upgraded to a full-blown Routing Section, wedged neatly into a lightly trafficked hallway between the Product Development and Prepress departments. In any event, I ventured back there earlier this week to see what…
Panini Peek: 2013 Golden Age Baseball
By many accounts, Panini America's 2012 Golden Age Baseball was one of the most eclectic and entertaining new products of last season, helped immensely by, among other things, a stacked checklist of base cards, autographs and memorabilia that was as historic as it was fun, a hardcore throwback feel, a collectible cache of minis and card-back variations . . .…
Panini Unwrapped Scavenger Hunt Contest: 2012 Golden Age Baseball (Checklist)
Panini America's Tracy Hackler and Mike Payne sat down with one extremely entertaining (and high-yielding) box of the new 2012 Golden Age Baseball for this special edition of Panini Unwrapped. In addition to pulling cards honoring some of the most beloved figures in sports, entertainment, politics and so much more, the duo also discovered an 80-year-old gem. But you'll have to…
A Panini America Teaser Gallery: One Early Box of 2012 Golden Age Baseball
Some people would have you believe that today marks the end of the world. We're not those people. On the contrary, all of us here at Panini America would have you believe that today marks the beginning of the Golden Age. At the very least, it marks the day that 2012 Golden Age Baseball goes live. Indeed, following weeks of…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012 Golden Age Baseball (106 Sweet Pics)
What, exactly, is 2012 Golden Age Baseball? That's clearly a rhetorical question, but a good one. 2012 Golden Age Baseball is . . . Marcia Brady and Man o' War and Meadowlark Lemon and minis and massive, movie-poster box-toppers including some embedded with memorabilia. It's Pop-Ups and pop culture and pennants, America's pastime and its presidents. It's what happens when the…
Pop-Up Home Run: Throwback Insert Adds Power to 2012 Golden Age Baseball
There are days inside Panini America HQ when I tend to forget that I have a job to do and I spend way too much time wandering around the office in amazement, a still-awestruck collector basking in the brilliance of the day-to-day business that engulfs me. Yesterday was one of those days. I was back in the Product Development area…
Are the Legendary Three Stooges Coming to 2012 Golden Age Baseball? Soitenly!
When it comes to the timeless brilliance of The Three Stooges®, their Golden Age knows no bounds. The lovable, slap-happy trio's brand of slapstick humor and sight gags are just as relevant and humorous today as they were back in the 1930s. And thanks to a special partnership between Panini America and C3 Entertainment, The Three Stooges brand owner, the…